Delta Natural Gas Co Inc is engaged in distribution and transportation of natural gas. The Company's business segments are regulated segment and a non-regulated segment.

Delta Natural Gas Co Inc was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on October 7, 1949. The Company distributes or transports natural gas. Its distribution and transmission systems are located in central and southeastern Kentucky, and it owns and operates an underground natural gas storage field in southeastern Kentucky. The Company transport natural gas to industrial customers who purchase their natural gas in the open market. It also transports natural gas on behalf of local producers and customers not on its distribution system and extract liquids from natural gas in its storage field and on its pipeline systems that are sold at market prices. The Company operates through two segments, a regulated segment and a non-regulated segment. Through regulated segment, the company distributes natural gas to their retail customers in 23 predominantly rural counties. In addition, the regulated segment transports natural gas to large-volume customers on its system who purchase their natural gas in the open market. The regulated segment also transports natural gas on behalf of local producers and other customers not on its distribution system. The non-regulated segment includes three wholly-owned subsidiaries. Two of these subsidiaries, Delta Resources and Delgasco, purchase natural gas in the open market, including natural gas from Kentucky producers. The Company resells this natural gas to industrial customers on its distribution system and to others not on its system. The competes with alternate sources of energy for its regulated distribution customers. These alternate sources include electricity, geo-thermal, coal, oil, propane, wood and solar.

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